1. The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the time the spring crop first began to sprout — after the cutting of the king’s hay.
2. When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, “Lord God, please forgive! How will Jacob survive since he is so small? ”
3. The Lord relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” He said.
4. The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
5. Then I said, “Lord God, please stop! How will Jacob survive since he is so small? ”
6. The Lord relented concerning this. “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.
7. He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.